Ogunja Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Ogunja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 90 | 1:1,968,253 | 69,534 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
The alternate forms: Ogunjá (1) are calculated separately.
Ogunja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogunja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ogunja is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Ogunjá. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogunja? popularity and diffusion
Ogunja is the 1,871,545th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ogunja live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Ogunja is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 1,968,253. In Nigeria Ogunja is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 41 percent live, Lagos, where 30 percent live and Ondo, where 27 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 6 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogunjá | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ogunija | 92 | 15 | / |
| Gogunja | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ogunnija | 86 | 15 | / |
| Ogunji | 83 | 2,639 | / |
| Ogunje | 83 | 873 | / |
| Ogunya | 83 | 527 | / |
| Ogunjo | 83 | 134 | / |
| Ogunia | 83 | 125 | / |
| Ogonja | 83 | 63 | / |
| Agunja | 83 | 23 | / |
| Ogunsa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Oginja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ugunja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ogunsoaja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ongunya | 77 | 12 | / |
| Ogunijo | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ogundjo | 77 | 7 | / |
| Oguniji | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ongunia | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ogunsoa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Gugunja | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ogunnia | 77 | 3 | / |
| Oguunya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogunsau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogunnya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogunjoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogunjij | 77 | 1 | / |
| Agunjaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogunsha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogunjio | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogunniji | 71 | 16 | / |
| Ogunaiya | 71 | 7 | / |
| Ong'unya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ogundjei | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ogounssa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Agoundja | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ogunshea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Angunjia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogunoyia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogunnije | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogunsoha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogunye | 67 | 1,340 | / |
| Ogonji | 67 | 1,291 | / |
| Ogonya | 67 | 614 | / |
| Ogunyo | 67 | 404 | / |
| Agunya | 67 | 304 | / |
| Agunia | 67 | 131 | / |
| Ogunnaiya | 67 | 98 | / |
| Agunza | 67 | 73 | / |
| Ogunso | 67 | 45 | / |
| Agunsa | 67 | 42 | / |
| Egunia | 67 | 28 | / |
| Agunji | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ogonjo | 67 | 20 | / |
| Ogunnaiye | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ugonja | 67 | 11 | / |
| Agonja | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ogonje | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ugunya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ogonia | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ogunie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oginia | 67 | 4 | / |
| Agunjo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Agunca | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ogunge | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ogumji | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ogumha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Egunya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oguneo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogugno | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egunjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogounyayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hanghunja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogunnaije | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ogunja
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